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Virtu provides online platform to design and development 3D Products to simplify the worflow

Current Clinic is an Atrial Fibrillation center that provides rapid access to cutting edge heart rhythm care.

NXgenPort Inc focuses on enhancing cancer care through its innovative digital health technology, which includes an implanted Smart Port for remote patient monitoring between chemotherapy sessions. This system measures vital health metrics, such as cell counts and heart function, allowing for timely alerts to physicians regarding potential infections. By reducing hospitalizations and collecting critical physiological data, NXgenPort aims to improve overall patient outcomes. Additionally, the technology offers significant advantages for cancer researchers and drug delivery stakeholders by enabling them to remotely assess a participant's biological response to various interventions, thereby supporting more effective treatment strategies.

Monthend is an accounting firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, founded in 2018. It specializes in providing bookkeeping, accounting, tax, finance, and consulting services tailored for the construction industry. Monthend focuses on serving builders, remodelers, commercial contractors, and trades, delivering a comprehensive accounting experience that integrates advanced technology with industry-specific expertise. The firm's deep roots in construction enable it to address the unique financial challenges faced by its clients, ensuring they receive effective and relevant support for their business needs.

Aurora Medical Technologies is a firm that creates and distributes a platform for transmural endoscopy.

Roy is a fan engagement platform that raises and influence team selections, while simplifying fund management for athletes.

GUDEA assists businesses in gaining control of the public narrative. GUDEA monitors how information flows into networks and online social structures rather than what is said.

Sobrynth provides 24/7 assistance for employees and their families dealing with substance use issues or exploring sobriety.

cLoc develops a device that replaces suture knot tying with reliable mechanical fasteners, all without ever leaving the surgical site.

Puebla streamlines global food exports by integrating WhatsApp communications with business workflows, enabling faster deal closure and reduced supply chain risk for coffee, sugar, and cocoa exporters.

Carba is a clean-energy company focused on developing innovative carbon dioxide removal technology. The firm is creating a modular reactor system that captures carbon dioxide directly from plant waste and converts it into charcoal, a stable form of solid carbon. This process not only helps in reducing greenhouse gas emissions but also facilitates the underground sequestration of carbon, supporting efforts to achieve climate goals and mitigate the impacts of climate change. By transforming plant waste into a recalcitrant solid carbon, Carba contributes to environmental sustainability and aims to play a significant role in addressing the climate crisis.

Aegle Health Partners is a provider of innovative risk management services aimed at transforming healthcare funding. The company offers a suite of custom credit-and risk-based financial instruments designed to serve as an alternative to traditional reinsurance. By leveraging advanced financial engineering and technology, Aegle disrupts the health reinsurance market, catering to insured health payers, self-insured employers, governments, and at-risk providers. Their model delivers effective tail protection comparable to conventional reinsurance but without the common pitfalls of lasers or exclusions, and it includes full upfront population health credit. Through these services, Aegle Health Partners seeks to enhance financial stability within the healthcare sector.

Refr Sports is developing a platform designed to address inefficiencies in the referee marketplace in the United States. The current system relies on outdated third-party schedulers, leading to a significant shortage of referees amid increasing demand. Refr Sports aims to modernize this process by providing a mobile application that connects sports organizations with referees. Through the app, organizations can post game schedules, specify officiating needs, and offer compensation, while referees can accept assignments and receive immediate payment after games. The platform enhances communication and operational efficiency, helping to streamline the matching of qualified referees with events. Refr Sports generates revenue by charging a small service fee on facilitated payments, positioning itself to transform the referee industry into a gig economy marketplace, similar to successful models in other sectors.

Detect Auto is a computer vision system that uses Wi-Fi cameras to provide actionable insights to improve auto repair service centers.

Roy is a fan engagement platform that raises and influence team selections, while simplifying fund management for athletes.

Nice Healthcare LLC is a nurse practitioner-led primary care clinic based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, founded in 2017. The company provides comprehensive healthcare services primarily to small and medium-sized businesses, utilizing technology to facilitate both in-home and virtual care. Its offerings include virtual primary care, mental health therapy, and physical therapy. Patients can access these services through subscription-based plans, allowing them to schedule appointments for video visits or in-home consultations with licensed and certified nurse practitioners or physician assistants. This model aims to enhance accessibility and convenience in healthcare delivery.

Cyft AI enables hands-free updates and logging of billable hours on phone, bypassing login and navigation.

DemoHop is the live knowledge sharing platform used by companies for sales enablement training, R&D showcase, and product launches.

BetterYou is a digital wellness platform that empowers individuals and organizations to make informed health and wellness decisions. By analyzing daily data from users' devices, the platform offers insights into how individuals allocate their time versus what they value most. BetterYou helps users define their personal goals for “time better spent” and supports them in achieving those objectives. Additionally, the platform provides organizations with population-level insights that can lead to improved employee wellness and potential health care savings. By focusing on the interconnected aspects of physical, mental, social, and educational wellness, BetterYou facilitates healthier habits and enhances overall well-being for both individuals and businesses.

Itiliti Health is a company focused on health data access and decision automation, aimed at lowering healthcare costs through enhanced collaboration between payers and providers. Its primary solutions target the modernization of prior authorization processes, facilitating improved communication and reducing administrative burdens. By digitizing payer-specific medical policies and requirements, Itiliti Health's platform enables a streamlined, touchless prior authorization process that enhances efficiency and transparency. This innovation not only drives cost savings for payers but also contributes to better patient outcomes by ensuring timely access to necessary care.

Tavolo is an AI-driven content creation and automated marketing platform specifically designed for the restaurant industry. The platform offers a range of customer-facing features, including bill splitting, contactless payment, and food pre-ordering, which aim to enhance the dining experience. Additionally, it provides restaurant-facing tools such as reservation management and payment processing, enabling restaurant owners to streamline their operations and drive revenue. By leveraging advanced technology, Tavolo seeks to elevate the overall service quality within the food service sector.

Farmshare operates an online marketplace designed to connect consumers directly with food producers, such as farmers and ranchers. The platform facilitates direct-to-consumer sales, enhancing convenience and transparency in the food purchasing process. By digitizing the marketplace, Farmshare aims to create fairer economics for both consumers and producers, thereby minimizing food waste and maximizing the availability of quality food. The service provides food producers with essential tools to sell their products online and offers consumers the convenience of home delivery for their food items.

Pennant is a technology platform that enables performing artists to launch their own custom-branded subscription video channel to connect directly with their patrons and fans.

Puebla streamlines global food exports by integrating WhatsApp communications with business workflows, enabling faster deal closure and reduced supply chain risk for coffee, sugar, and cocoa exporters.

Rorra creates plumbing-free water filtration products to provide safe drinking water for individuals.

Kadeya is a closed-loop water vending business founded by Manuela Zoninsein. The company offers a service that features digitally connected reusable water bottles and compact bottling equipment. By leveraging technology, Kadeya provides recyclable, non-porous water bottles filled with locally sourced water from convenient vending stations. This approach aims to help office managers lower costs and overhead while minimizing operational challenges and health risks associated with traditional water delivery methods.

Science On Call is a subscription-based tech support platform for restaurants. Help with POS, internet, Wi-Fi, online ordering & more—just one call or text away, even on nights & weekends! A Techstars Farm to Fork Accelerator portfolio company (2021), Food Foundry (2020)

SCO2 broke the rules when it comes to supercritical CO2 extraction - and won the AE50 award in 2022 with one of the most innovative agricultural technologies. This patented process improves cycle time, minimizes material handling, lowers operating costs and improves yield and quality from other systems. As the greenest of all extraction methods, SCO2 plans to recover oils from the waste accumulating for growers and processors. Our business model is simple: 'turn trash into cash'. We hate to see anything go to waste (and harm the environment). Our plan is simple - supply the same high-value essential oils being purchased by medium and large oil customers in the Food, Pharma, Cosmetics and Personal Care segments that are sustainably sourced and offered at a %-10% discount. Our customer is already motivated to meet key sustainability objectives. The financial incentive is designed to accelerate adoption. With zero cost raw material, low operating costs and high yields, SCO2 is a least cost producer who can afford to make a meaningful impact. In the U.S., 56 billion pounds of food is wasted at growers and processors each year. But, we can make a difference. SCO2 has the right people, plan and patents to uniquely tackle this problem. Come join us!

Creatively Focused is an educator-driven technology company that specializes in supporting special education professionals. Through its web-based platform, the company automates workflows and provides tailored resources to enhance the skills and effectiveness of teachers, paraprofessionals, and administrators. Creatively Focused aims to foster a sense of connection and support within the special education community by offering insights into social-emotional learning and guidance on funding opportunities. By equipping educators with deliberate strategies and abilities, the company strives to improve student outcomes and create a collaborative environment for passionate individuals in the field of special education.

Bim Bam Boo curbing climate change and empowering health with the first bamboo toilet paper designed for women.

Bloom Standard is focused on developing innovative diagnostic and screening technologies aimed at improving healthcare for mothers, babies, and children, particularly in primary care and resource-limited settings. The company is creating the world's first self-driving, wearable ultrasound device, which aims to facilitate early diagnosis of serious heart and lung conditions, including COVID-19. Utilizing machine learning for onboard image interpretation, this device offers hyper-simplified, real-time ultrasound screenings. This approach not only helps parents avoid the excessive use of x-ray imaging in children, but also contributes to reducing medical costs and lowering mortality associated with delayed or missed diagnoses.

WalkWise focuses on creating innovative solutions for the healthcare industry, particularly for seniors. The company has developed a smart walker attachment designed to enhance the safety and independence of walker users. This device continuously monitors the health and well-being of its users, providing alerts to families and caregivers in the event of a fall or health issue. Notably, the device requires no charging, making it user-friendly. Additionally, WalkWise offers an optional mobile application that allows users to collect and view health data, similar to a smartwatch. This combination of technology aims to help seniors improve their health and mobility while minimizing the risk of falls.

Aegle Health Partners is a provider of innovative risk management services aimed at transforming healthcare funding. The company offers a suite of custom credit-and risk-based financial instruments designed to serve as an alternative to traditional reinsurance. By leveraging advanced financial engineering and technology, Aegle disrupts the health reinsurance market, catering to insured health payers, self-insured employers, governments, and at-risk providers. Their model delivers effective tail protection comparable to conventional reinsurance but without the common pitfalls of lasers or exclusions, and it includes full upfront population health credit. Through these services, Aegle Health Partners seeks to enhance financial stability within the healthcare sector.

Tandem is a financial operating system for couples. It offers a payment application designed to offer a quick and easy way for couples to share expenses. The company's application puts expense sharing on auto-pilot, helps split expenses with a swipe, and imports expenses from cards and accounts, enabling users to get a better handle on their money.

Docsi is a software company that offers a unique solution to bridge the communication gap between surgeons and administrators. Their main product, the DOCSI Dashboard, provides preference card insights, making it easier for healthcare professionals to access and manage their accounts. The dashboard is designed to optimize preference card usage, ensuring that surgeons have what they need when they need it. This innovative approach to healthcare communication aims to improve efficiency and streamline processes within the medical field.

Character is a modern home improvement brand for the next generation of home dwellers.

LeagueOS is an esports platform that allows users to create and manage their own leagues while retaining full control of their data. It offers a comprehensive operating system designed for registration, operation, engagement, and content management in the esports space. The platform features cloud-based competition management software that includes tools for managing member and team profiles, organizing competitions, and generating dynamic graphics. Additionally, it provides sponsorship tools, making it easier for users to become sponsored leagues, teams, or players. LeagueOS operates on a subscription-based pricing model, catering to the needs of leagues, organizations, and events in the esports industry.

TicketRev is a technology startup focused on transforming the ticketing industry through innovative fan engagement solutions. The company operates a reverse marketplace that facilitates the buying and reselling of live event tickets. Its platform enables buyers to submit bids for events, specifying their desired seating locations and offer prices, while sellers can accept matching bids to resell their tickets instantly. By connecting sports teams, venues, and event organizers with fans in this dynamic manner, TicketRev aims to enhance the overall experience of attending live events. The startup is supported by notable investors, including 500 Global, Soma Capital, Groove Capital, and Techstars.

Proserva is a developer of educational software focused on enhancing teacher effectiveness and improving student outcomes. The company's professional learning platform supports educators at all stages of their growth and development. It includes essential features such as student surveys, remote learning, remote observation, and peer learning and coaching. Additionally, Proserva's platform facilitates professional development and the management of certifications and licenses, providing clients with the tools needed to advance educational quality and effectiveness.

The Coven is a community and coworking space designed for women, non-binary, and trans individuals, fostering connection, learning, and personal growth. It provides a supportive environment where members can collaborate and advocate for one another through various initiatives. The organization hosts events, workshops, and courses focused on leadership, business, self-care, health, and wellness. Additionally, The Coven serves as a community hub, empowering individuals to reclaim their time and pursue their goals. By prioritizing inclusivity and support, it creates a platform for its members to celebrate their achievements and work together effectively.

YourPath is a healthcare company focused on addressing substance use disorders through an innovative online platform. They provide medication-assisted treatment, including the use of buprenorphine, to support recovery from opioid addiction. The platform is designed to enhance access to care by matching individuals with effective, evidence-based medical and behavioral healthcare solutions. By prioritizing genuine human connections, YourPath aims to create a supportive and comfortable experience for users on their journey to recovery from addiction.

Simulacra empowers digital engagement providing AR, VR, XR, and Web3 solutions through the XR innovation center.

Vertical Insure is an insurance company established in 2020, specializing in providing embedded insurance solutions tailored for vertical Software as a Service (SaaS) platforms. Headquartered in an undisclosed location, the company develops a white-label insurance platform that allows clients to seamlessly integrate various insurance products into their services. These offerings encompass a diverse range of categories, including sports insurance, event insurance, and pet insurance. Vertical Insure’s approach aims to simplify the insurance experience, making products easy to access and user-friendly, while enabling businesses to customize offerings to meet their specific needs.

Q-rounds is a healthcare technology platform that facilitates real-time communication between patients, families, and medical providers during hospital rounds. By utilizing telehealth technology, Q-rounds allows individuals to access information about scheduled rounds, ensuring that families and caregivers can participate actively, even from remote locations. The platform sends text invitations to a virtual queue, providing patients with their estimated arrival time for rounds and an understanding of their position in line. This innovative approach minimizes the burden on patients to relay information, while enabling direct interaction with healthcare providers, thus enhancing the overall care experience.

Carbon Origins focuses on virtual reality telerobotics to address the labor crisis by merging human expertise with advanced technology. The company allows skilled operators to remotely control various robotic systems across numerous industries, including food delivery, hospitality, mining, and construction, using commercially available VR headsets. Their innovative approach features sub-perception latency, immersive 360-degree video, spatial audio, lidar, and radar sensor overlays. Additionally, the integration of artificial intelligence aids operators in managing multiple machines simultaneously through a highly immersive VR interface. By enabling remote operation from home, Carbon Origins aims to enhance efficiency and flexibility in the workforce.

Vocxi Health is a diagnostics company specializing in non-invasive disease identification through innovative technology. The company has developed a patented smart mask that allows for rapid disease detection by analyzing breath samples within a minute. This technology leverages a platform that employs cross-reactive arrays to convert breath chemicals, specifically volatile organic compounds, into electrical patterns. Additionally, Vocxi utilizes a collection of nano-sensors capable of accurately measuring these compounds, supported by an algorithm designed to assess health status. This enables patients to receive timely information about their health, either in a clinical setting or from the comfort of their own homes, facilitating early diagnosis and improved patient outcomes.

Local Sports Network is a digital platform that aims to enhance connections among sports fans, high schools, and student-athletes. By facilitating interactions between these groups, LSN creates a vibrant community focused on high school sports. The platform offers features such as game streaming and social networking, allowing users to fully engage with the sports experience. Additionally, it provides opportunities for participation in competitions and the ability to earn community points, which further encourages involvement. LSN also supports academic and athletic programs by generating revenue through its streaming tools, thus contributing to the overall development of high school sports.

ProsperStack is a hosted cancellation flow service that aims to reduce customer churn for subscription-based businesses. The platform automates and enhances the customer acquisition and retention process, allowing companies to tailor questions and interventions without relying on limited development resources. By utilizing a big data engine, ProsperStack analyzes consumer demand and integrates with a real-time dashboard that provides alerts and notifications to assist in retaining customers. This enables businesses to identify target audiences, understand demand patterns, and refine marketing strategies, ultimately contributing to increased profitability.

Eschara develops medical devices to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease, creating a collagen ring to restrict opening of esophagus.

FRACTAL is an investment firm that provides equity investment facilities to the farmers to promote growth in the agriculture sector.

Digiphy operates a SaaS platform that enhances the connection between companies and consumers by transforming physical products and marketing materials into interactive digital experiences. This platform allows brands to deliver dynamic content at relevant moments, effectively turning each product into an ongoing digital marketing channel. By facilitating the collection of first-party and zero-party data, Digiphy helps businesses gain valuable insights, foster trust, and convert one-time buyers into loyal customers. The service aims to elevate brand storytelling, increase transparency, and accelerate sales while deepening consumer engagement.

Character is a modern home improvement brand for the next generation of home dwellers.

Nordic Waffles is a food production company that specializes in creating packaged waffle products. The company offers a range of soft, thin waffles filled with various flavors, catering to diverse tastes and cravings. Its product line includes breakfast items like frozen waffle sandwiches and bacon and egg waffles, designed to provide consumers with a convenient and authentic waffle experience. By focusing on quality and flavor, Nordic Waffles aims to satisfy the appetite of customers seeking delicious and innovative food options.

Assistants are instrumental to the growth of the world’s leading companies, startups, and everything in between – and Base is their support system. Through years of working with EAs, we deeply understand the pain points assistants face in their daily work – as well as the difficulties businesses experience when trying to hire and retain great EA talent. It’s our mission to digitize and modernize in this space, because assistants will never stop being problem solvers and strategic business partners.

Organicin Scientific specializes in the development of biopesticide solutions aimed at enhancing crop yield and profitability while promoting environmental stewardship. The company employs a method known as ‘rational discovery’ in microbiology to create biological pesticides that utilize antibiotic alternatives, specifically bacteriocins. Their product portfolio encompasses a range of offerings that include genomic and protein sequences, biochemical properties, bacterial behavior, and inhibitory interaction networks. By integrating these advanced biotechnological approaches, Organicin Scientific provides farmers with safe, sustainable, and eco-friendly options to improve agricultural productivity.

Borde is a company that focuses on artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions tailored for industrial applications. Its Rapid AI system operates without the need for coding, allowing users to enhance quality while minimizing labor and waste. Borde's technology, particularly its AI vision system, is designed as a software as a service (SaaS) offering, which facilitates the machine learning lifecycle. The company's solutions are primarily utilized in large food processing units, where they help reduce labor costs and improve operational efficiency, ultimately increasing throughput and revenue for its clients.

FemtoFluidics is a health technology company focused on drug discovery using microfluidics technology in the biotechnology sector. The company has developed a platform designed for synthesizing and screening drug libraries, which allows clients to generate essential data for training artificial intelligence algorithms in drug discovery. By leveraging advanced electronic technology, FemtoFluidics aims to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the drug development process, contributing to advancements in healthcare and therapeutic solutions.

AgroCenta, founded in 2015 by former Esoko employees Francis Obirikorang and Michael K. Ocansey, aims to enhance the agricultural value chain in Ghana by addressing key challenges faced by smallholder farmers. The company has developed an online platform that connects these farmers directly to national markets, allowing them to sell their commodities at fair prices, thereby reducing reliance on exploitative middlemen. The platform also offers real-time commodity pricing and access to credit facilities. Additionally, AgroCenta has introduced a logistics solution known as TrucKR, which enables farmers in remote areas to easily access transportation services for their goods. This innovative approach not only empowers farmers by giving them control over their sales but also significantly improves their overall market access and economic outcomes.

Tandem is a financial operating system for couples. It offers a payment application designed to offer a quick and easy way for couples to share expenses. The company's application puts expense sharing on auto-pilot, helps split expenses with a swipe, and imports expenses from cards and accounts, enabling users to get a better handle on their money.

CarbonBridge is a climate-action company headquartered in San Jose, with research and development facilities in Harlem, New York. The company specializes in converting waste greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, into carbon-negative methanol, primarily for marine fuel applications. CarbonBridge's innovative approach utilizes direct-gas bioreactors, which enhance microbe productivity by over 400%, allowing for the efficient bioconversion of these gases. Supported by ARPA-E, the company aims to produce ultra-low carbon methanol using intermittent power sources. In addition to its core product, CarbonBridge offers custom hardware designed to generate carbon credits that can be used to offset environmental footprints associated with green hydrogen and carbon dioxide emissions.

xDot Medical specializes in the development of innovative medical technologies, particularly focusing on the xCinch Access Management System. This system is designed for bloodless access site management, facilitating fast hemostasis for a variety of large-bore catheter sizes. By providing automated and instantaneous vascular closure, the xCinch system enhances the safety and efficiency of catheter-based therapies. This technology aids healthcare professionals and patients in managing medical treatments with reduced complications, ultimately improving patient outcomes.

Opsi is a developer of a workflow management platform tailored for culinary professionals, aimed at enhancing restaurant operations and ensuring consistency. The platform provides a centralized system that encompasses various functions, including recipe management, food preparation lists, food costing, inventory management, and nutrition labeling. Accessible via mobile and web devices, Opsi's solution facilitates team coordination and streamlines workflows, allowing restaurant operators and chefs to optimize their culinary processes. By consolidating critical information into a single platform, Opsi empowers kitchen teams to improve efficiency and service quality, ultimately contributing to increased customer satisfaction.

All Clean Food is a food company that specializes in producing organic, gluten-free, plant-based pasta meals. The company focuses on creating easy-to-make and delicious options by utilizing organic herbs, clean ingredients, and spices sourced from trusted partners. Their product offerings include a variety of boxed pasta meals that cater to consumers with dietary restrictions, ensuring that the meals are vegan-friendly, non-GMO, allergen-free, and devoid of preservatives and hidden ingredients.

SiteKick is a comprehensive provider of web design, website development, and internet marketing services, capable of managing all aspects of a client's online presence. Additionally, the company has developed a construction job site monitoring platform that focuses on reporting critical zone activities. This tool enhances site monitoring and visibility, tracks manpower, and provides environmental monitoring through custom alerts and notifications. By offering data collection and reporting features, SiteKick enables clients to optimize their construction processes and improve overall efficiency.

ProsperStack is a hosted cancellation flow service that aims to reduce customer churn for subscription-based businesses. The platform automates and enhances the customer acquisition and retention process, allowing companies to tailor questions and interventions without relying on limited development resources. By utilizing a big data engine, ProsperStack analyzes consumer demand and integrates with a real-time dashboard that provides alerts and notifications to assist in retaining customers. This enables businesses to identify target audiences, understand demand patterns, and refine marketing strategies, ultimately contributing to increased profitability.

Reema Health is a technology startup focused on bridging the gaps between health care and social care. It operates a healthcare platform that connects individuals to essential care and resources through tech-enabled community guides. By emphasizing a personalized, community-based approach, Reema Health helps users identify specific steps to improve their behavioral health. This innovative platform aims to make it easier for people to access the medical care and support they need to enhance their quality of life.

Agitated Solutions is a healthcare company based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, specializing in innovative microbubble treatments for patients experiencing hypoxemic respiratory failure, a condition characterized by insufficient oxygen in the blood. Founded in 2020, the company focuses on developing bubble technologies that provide efficient, effective, and cost-effective point-of-care diagnostics and therapeutics. By offering microbubbles of oxygen, Agitated Solutions aims to enhance the quality of care for patients while reducing the overall costs associated with diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

Oncodea is a company based in St. Paul, Minnesota, founded in 2021, that specializes in non-invasive technology for the early detection of cancer. The company develops predictive diagnostic tools that utilize real-time, cost-effective analysis combined with artificial intelligence. This innovative approach aims to enhance early detection and monitoring of cancer, allowing individuals to maintain their health and enabling patients to track their treatment progress effectively.

CropConex operates a supply chain management platform designed to enhance traceability, efficiency, and collaboration within the agricultural sector, particularly for specialty crops. The platform connects various stakeholders in fragmented commodity supply chains, allowing buyers to source quality products, create sales contracts, coordinate logistics, and manage payments in a centralized environment. By integrating data and workflows, CropConex provides an online workspace that facilitates visibility throughout the entire supply chain, tracking every step from order to delivery. This comprehensive approach enables clients to identify and eliminate friction points, thereby promoting smoother cross-border trade and collaboration.

Science On Call is a subscription-based tech support platform for restaurants. Help with POS, internet, Wi-Fi, online ordering & more—just one call or text away, even on nights & weekends! A Techstars Farm to Fork Accelerator portfolio company (2021), Food Foundry (2020)

YourPath is a healthcare company focused on addressing substance use disorders through an innovative online platform. They provide medication-assisted treatment, including the use of buprenorphine, to support recovery from opioid addiction. The platform is designed to enhance access to care by matching individuals with effective, evidence-based medical and behavioral healthcare solutions. By prioritizing genuine human connections, YourPath aims to create a supportive and comfortable experience for users on their journey to recovery from addiction.

OneShop is a digital marketing company that provides social media services.

Character is a modern home improvement brand for the next generation of home dwellers.

LeagueOS is an esports platform that allows users to create and manage their own leagues while retaining full control of their data. It offers a comprehensive operating system designed for registration, operation, engagement, and content management in the esports space. The platform features cloud-based competition management software that includes tools for managing member and team profiles, organizing competitions, and generating dynamic graphics. Additionally, it provides sponsorship tools, making it easier for users to become sponsored leagues, teams, or players. LeagueOS operates on a subscription-based pricing model, catering to the needs of leagues, organizations, and events in the esports industry.

Bloom Standard is focused on developing innovative diagnostic and screening technologies aimed at improving healthcare for mothers, babies, and children, particularly in primary care and resource-limited settings. The company is creating the world's first self-driving, wearable ultrasound device, which aims to facilitate early diagnosis of serious heart and lung conditions, including COVID-19. Utilizing machine learning for onboard image interpretation, this device offers hyper-simplified, real-time ultrasound screenings. This approach not only helps parents avoid the excessive use of x-ray imaging in children, but also contributes to reducing medical costs and lowering mortality associated with delayed or missed diagnoses.

Maazah specializes in producing Afghan-style chutneys and condiments, aiming to bring traditional flavors to a modern audience. The company offers a diverse range of flavors, including bright cilantro, tart lemons, fresh ginger, and jalapeños. By focusing on authenticity, Maazah enables consumers to experience the taste of genuine Afghan cuisine reminiscent of their childhood.

EmpowerU Inc., based in Excelsior, Minnesota, provides online Social Emotional Learning (SEL) classes aimed at supporting students' mental health and well-being. Founded in 2018, the company offers a personalized e-learning platform that combines daily lessons with coaching support from mental health professionals. Its curriculum is designed to help students overcome anxiety and depression, fostering resilience and confidence through a strengths-based approach. By integrating principles from neuroscience and cognitive behavioral therapy, EmpowerU enables students to achieve personal growth and improve their academic and social outcomes at a lower cost than traditional therapy. The program is tailored to engage struggling students in their wellness journeys, promoting positive life changes and enhancing overall life balance.

Itiliti Health is a company focused on health data access and decision automation, aimed at lowering healthcare costs through enhanced collaboration between payers and providers. Its primary solutions target the modernization of prior authorization processes, facilitating improved communication and reducing administrative burdens. By digitizing payer-specific medical policies and requirements, Itiliti Health's platform enables a streamlined, touchless prior authorization process that enhances efficiency and transparency. This innovation not only drives cost savings for payers but also contributes to better patient outcomes by ensuring timely access to necessary care.

Reema Health is a technology startup focused on bridging the gaps between health care and social care. It operates a healthcare platform that connects individuals to essential care and resources through tech-enabled community guides. By emphasizing a personalized, community-based approach, Reema Health helps users identify specific steps to improve their behavioral health. This innovative platform aims to make it easier for people to access the medical care and support they need to enhance their quality of life.

WeSparkle is a tool that allows entrepreneurs to create a custom site with links and downloads, a scheduler platform that allows for collecting payments, and an AI assistant via text messaging and Facebook Messenger — making everything from scheduling meetings to marketing their product easier and faster.

Local Sports Network is a digital platform that aims to enhance connections among sports fans, high schools, and student-athletes. By facilitating interactions between these groups, LSN creates a vibrant community focused on high school sports. The platform offers features such as game streaming and social networking, allowing users to fully engage with the sports experience. Additionally, it provides opportunities for participation in competitions and the ability to earn community points, which further encourages involvement. LSN also supports academic and athletic programs by generating revenue through its streaming tools, thus contributing to the overall development of high school sports.

SoleSafe is an insurance and community management platform that offers an automated underwriting solution tailored for sneakers. The company's innovative platform provides data to quickly quote, appraise, and authenticate various types of sneakers. Additionally, it integrates sneaker insurance, allowing individuals to obtain coverage for high-end sneakers based on a precise valuation and appraisal model. This service aims to streamline the insurance process for sneaker enthusiasts, ensuring both protection and peace of mind for their valuable collections.

Gwoop is an online esports training platform focused on enhancing competitive gaming skills. It leverages machine learning and artificial intelligence to provide users with a comprehensive training experience that integrates cognitive, physical, and digital feedback. The platform is designed to improve various aspects of gaming performance, including reaction time, visual speed, keyboard speed, and mouse control. By collaborating with neuropsychologists and experienced gamers, Gwoop creates an engaging environment that caters to players across multiple genres, such as first-person shooters, multiplayer online battle arena games, racing, sports, and strategy. Gwoop aims to help users achieve their gaming goals, regardless of their current skill level, in a rapidly growing industry where esports viewership surpasses traditional sports leagues.

xDot Medical specializes in the development of innovative medical technologies, particularly focusing on the xCinch Access Management System. This system is designed for bloodless access site management, facilitating fast hemostasis for a variety of large-bore catheter sizes. By providing automated and instantaneous vascular closure, the xCinch system enhances the safety and efficiency of catheter-based therapies. This technology aids healthcare professionals and patients in managing medical treatments with reduced complications, ultimately improving patient outcomes.

Nested Knowledge, Inc. specializes in providing a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution designed to assist clinical researchers in managing and analyzing published medical literature. Founded in 2018 and based in St. Paul, Minnesota, the company offers a product called AutoLit, which facilitates the collection and systematic review of clinical data. This platform, along with its interactive data visualization tool named Synthesis, allows users—including physicians, pharmaceutical companies, and health technology assessment organizations—to create and maintain "living" reviews. These reviews enable ongoing therapeutic evaluations, which are critical for informing research and development, clinical trial design, regulatory approvals, and care guidelines. By presenting comprehensive literature reviews and highlighting gaps in existing research, Nested Knowledge supports a wide range of stakeholders in their efforts to enhance clinical outcomes and health economics.

Helloignite is a collaboration platform that facilitates the collection, sharing, and management of innovative ideas within organizations. Designed for distributed teams, the platform allows users to gather insights from colleagues through user-friendly sites and enhanced forms that can include videos. Additionally, Helloignite streamlines administrative functions by offering features such as single sign-on (SSO), whitelisted domains, and direct invites, all integrated within the same site. This comprehensive approach enables enterprises to effectively manage workflows and enhance employee engagement, fostering a more productive and collaborative work environment.

TeamGenius, LLC is a company that specializes in player evaluation solutions for youth sports organizations. Founded in 2015 and based in Wyoming, Minnesota, TeamGenius offers a cloud-based platform designed to streamline the management of tryouts, camps, and player development programs. By replacing traditional paper and spreadsheet methods, the platform reduces administrative workload, minimizes errors, and eliminates biases in player evaluations. It allows users to create custom assessments, import player data, and efficiently check in participants during tryouts. Additionally, the platform facilitates the comparison of players based on age and skill level, helping coaches and administrators form balanced teams while enhancing player development through structured feedback.

CoraVie Medical is an early-stage medical device startup focused on revolutionizing blood pressure monitoring for patients with uncontrolled hypertension, who are at heightened risk for serious health issues such as kidney failure, stroke, and heart failure. The company has developed an innovative implantable continuous blood pressure monitoring solution that offers early and accurate detection of harmful blood pressure levels, providing advanced notice of changes in health status. This device connects patients and clinicians through a cloud-based software and analytics platform, facilitating timely and cost-effective clinical interventions aimed at preventing hypertension crises. By delivering actionable insights, CoraVie Medical's solution aims to improve patient outcomes and promote better management of blood pressure levels.

WalkWise focuses on creating innovative solutions for the healthcare industry, particularly for seniors. The company has developed a smart walker attachment designed to enhance the safety and independence of walker users. This device continuously monitors the health and well-being of its users, providing alerts to families and caregivers in the event of a fall or health issue. Notably, the device requires no charging, making it user-friendly. Additionally, WalkWise offers an optional mobile application that allows users to collect and view health data, similar to a smartwatch. This combination of technology aims to help seniors improve their health and mobility while minimizing the risk of falls.

Parkday is a consumer application designed to facilitate the ordering of everyday meals at the workplace. The platform utilizes data science and recommendation algorithms to provide personalized meal options that cater to the dietary needs of employees, sourcing food from local farms. By promoting healthy and sustainable eating habits, Parkday aims to enhance workplace wellness and foster a communal dining experience. The application simplifies meal planning for operations teams, making it easier to ensure that employees have access to nutritious, ready-to-eat meals tailored to their preferences.

Carbon Origins focuses on virtual reality telerobotics to address the labor crisis by merging human expertise with advanced technology. The company allows skilled operators to remotely control various robotic systems across numerous industries, including food delivery, hospitality, mining, and construction, using commercially available VR headsets. Their innovative approach features sub-perception latency, immersive 360-degree video, spatial audio, lidar, and radar sensor overlays. Additionally, the integration of artificial intelligence aids operators in managing multiple machines simultaneously through a highly immersive VR interface. By enabling remote operation from home, Carbon Origins aims to enhance efficiency and flexibility in the workforce.

LEAH Laboratories specializes in developing innovative gene-editing technologies aimed at treating cancer in dogs, particularly B-cell lymphoma. The company utilizes precision gene editing to reprogram T immune cells with Chimeric Antigen Receptors (CAR), creating CAR T cells that can specifically target and eliminate cancerous cells while minimizing off-target effects commonly associated with traditional chemotherapy. By harnessing the natural capabilities of the canine immune system, LEAH Laboratories provides a novel approach to cancer treatment, offering hope to pet owners and veterinarians in their fight against this challenging disease. Based in the United States, LEAH Labs is committed to advancing medical therapies for canine health.

Proserva is a developer of educational software focused on enhancing teacher effectiveness and improving student outcomes. The company's professional learning platform supports educators at all stages of their growth and development. It includes essential features such as student surveys, remote learning, remote observation, and peer learning and coaching. Additionally, Proserva's platform facilitates professional development and the management of certifications and licenses, providing clients with the tools needed to advance educational quality and effectiveness.

NextGem is a social application tailored for trading card enthusiasts, offering a dedicated platform for discovering rare and valuable sports cards. The platform equips users with tools to capture high-quality images of their cards, effectively manage their collections, and track down other collectors. Additionally, it facilitates instant connections between users, enabling them to organize, manage, and share their trading cards conveniently. Through these features, NextGem aims to enhance the trading card experience and foster a community of passionate collectors.

BetterYou is a digital wellness platform that empowers individuals and organizations to make informed health and wellness decisions. By analyzing daily data from users' devices, the platform offers insights into how individuals allocate their time versus what they value most. BetterYou helps users define their personal goals for “time better spent” and supports them in achieving those objectives. Additionally, the platform provides organizations with population-level insights that can lead to improved employee wellness and potential health care savings. By focusing on the interconnected aspects of physical, mental, social, and educational wellness, BetterYou facilitates healthier habits and enhances overall well-being for both individuals and businesses.

Boozy Jerky specializes in producing handcrafted beef jerky designed to complement craft beer and other alcoholic beverages. The company focuses on offering low-calorie, low-carb, and high-protein options, allowing customers to enjoy a flavorful snack that aligns with their dietary preferences. Each product is made with select ingredients to enhance the pairing experience, catering to a diverse range of tastes.

LearnYour Benefits is a year-round video-focused platform that enhances employee benefits communication and navigation for organizations of all sizes and their brokers. The company specializes in creating benefits engagement videos that combine expertise in video engagement with advanced communication technology. Their offerings include stock videos, semi-custom videos based on templates, and fully customized videos, allowing organizations to effectively convey their benefits in a brief and visually appealing manner. LearnYour Benefits aims to support individuals during critical moments by facilitating a clearer understanding of their benefits, thereby helping them thrive.

ProsperStack is a hosted cancellation flow service that aims to reduce customer churn for subscription-based businesses. The platform automates and enhances the customer acquisition and retention process, allowing companies to tailor questions and interventions without relying on limited development resources. By utilizing a big data engine, ProsperStack analyzes consumer demand and integrates with a real-time dashboard that provides alerts and notifications to assist in retaining customers. This enables businesses to identify target audiences, understand demand patterns, and refine marketing strategies, ultimately contributing to increased profitability.

TurnSignl is a Black-owned technology company that provides a mobile application connecting drivers to legal representatives via video chat during traffic stops and car accidents. Founded in 2020 by three Black professionals, the company aims to enhance driver safety and empowerment while bridging the gap between residents and law enforcement. The TurnSignl app is designed to facilitate real-time access to legal assistance, allowing users to engage with a lawyer at the touch of a button or through voice command. This service seeks to protect civil rights, de-escalate roadside interactions, and ensure the safety of both drivers and police officers. The application is available for iOS and Android across all 50 states and Washington, D.C.

Sarcio specializes in regenerative cartilage cell therapy aimed at treating patients with osteoarthritis. The company employs an evidence-based approach utilizing induced pluripotent stem cell-derived hyaline cartilage cell therapy to repair damaged cartilage, reduce inflammation, and restore normal joint function. By focusing on these innovative treatments, Sarcio enables patients to heal from the debilitating effects of osteoarthritis, potentially delaying or preventing the need for joint replacement procedures. Additionally, Sarcio is developing an off-the-shelf, injectable regenerative therapy that further supports its mission to provide effective solutions for those suffering from this condition.